New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
CHIPS ON THE TIDE OF TALK.
BITS ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS PICKED
UP HERE AND THERE.

urer the other day said that the manufacturing of
shsftIng ON which driving pulleys run In man
ufacturing establishments has been nearly revolution
lied within the last five years Shafing was formerly
made by placing the long bars Of iron In lathe where
1t reduced by hard edge tools to the proper round
and smoohness for use. Some inventive Amon-
can conceived the idea Of making this round shalnS
In the rolling mills and consequence what Is
known hot polished shaftng has become the leading
product at can be made So perfect and 1t Is 50
much cheaper than the othor way" said Mr. Long,
that II the new manufacturers should push matters
In competition with the old kind, tho turnlnglath
would DO sent to the scrap heap in a hurry"
One OF the lively story cllcrs Of the western part Of
the State is Rodney W. Daniels cxColcctor Of Bufa-
To- The preudlceS OF nationality drawn out by the
Queens jubilee led him TO speak the other day OF some
phases Of gous prejudice when he told about in
cdent in his own household. Ho had for nelghbors
Jewish family, the head OF which man Of refine
ment. culture and strong business position. Mr..
Daniels had little boy and had his neghbor. Tho
youngster of the Daniels household, 1t noticed,
would hardly speak with the little jew associate
with him In any way. Not only did he refuse com
panlonship the little fellow but times he would
abuse him In the street until Mr. Daniels com
PEELED to Interfere and rcbukc his offspring lie was
puzzled to know Just what tho trouble between
tho lads until It came out by accident morning
Mr. Daniels kept a to supply HIS family with milk,
and at certain his Hebrew friends desiring
the milk from single came over to ask that favor
Of Mrs Daniels. II the lady of tho Jewish house
hold who rang the bell. and she preferred her re
quest Mr. Daniels heard Daniels, IT,. calling down I'm
loud whisper from the stairway, " Don't you do II,
mamma, don't you d. It. Don't let them have It,"
Annoyed at the youngsters action Mr. Daniels rushed
out. cOlarel him and took him into the room where
he insisted upon having the urchIn explain what he
meant There a scene for two three moments
until the lad finally blurted ont, "Why, papa, don't
you know what they did 10 our Jesus r. The idea
that the lad been harborlng revenge his lto jew
companion from this point Of view had entered
Mr. Danlelss head, and at startling and
Iudcrous that the lad escaped punishment, but got
lecture tolerance in religion which will probably
last him for a lifetime.
Captain L. j.. Mount OF Iowa, who Is railroad
engineer Of some prominence remarked yesterday that
he bad recently como from the annual meeting Of the
master car builders OF the country al Minneapolis.
a feature OF their work which interested me- said
he, their recommendation with reference to draw
bars and coupling This is branch Of railroad en-
cheering over which there has been great deal Of
hand thought and speculation for many years. The
old link and pin system Of coupling cars has never
been satisfactory and It Is dangerous to life and limb
The maStcr car builders have passed resolution
recommending tho general adoption Of vertical hook
drawbars. There number of draw bars which
meet h, requirement. in which there IS perfect safety
and saving OF labor Mr. Forncy. the secretary Of the
association made a report 10 the convention In which
he gave statistics Of men killed and injured by the
present system OF coupling cars and showed that II
was a matter OF economy 10 the railroads to adopt
system"
Now York shoperls have their quiet fun as well a.
the rest Of humanity. II Is refreshing TO hear them
talk among themselves about some Of their expert
cnccs. \ group of young salcswomcn were telling
their experiences about lunches. one of them told
tI.c ATM A nd bgeu ed
In a single meal which she had ordered by mistake
She had started from the store IA Twenty third ST. 10
a new restaurant I'm Fifh ave, Of which She had
hca,d, where It said good dinner could be hal
for - cents. She said she found herself in gorgeous
dining room where the walters seemed remarkably
obsoqGlous for cheap dining place; but she ordered
hcr duncr with the utmost self reliance when the
heading she found that she hal drnol into tie Glen
ham House restaurant. when She told her oompan
cents ioit and without spring for month.
they set mp storm Of laughter
\ second shopSrl took mp the threat Of convcrSa
lion after something OF this fashion, twenty-five
cents IS a. much | ever pay for dinner some
time, ! conhnc myself to Il or 20 cents day. II
should spend 81 80 on meal my mother would send
me to the lunatic asylum | remember one night
that We had a gorgeous time. There was a great
amount Of overwork. auh the floor walker told
girls that II would stay and do the work he would
allow 30 cents apiece for our dinners We gJ ne
80 cents and pu 10 cents on top OF u ana pali %
fine for ANYTHING. have never gone by that place
since tnai do Tot feel as though had a mortgage
on II on account II my half dollar
There arc many more faces of actors to be seen
about Madison square this summer than In former
years The Rlalto f, sun at the Union Square, and
the great central place Of gathering Of comedians,
frae1ians and supcrs," well stage struck PEG
PIE ~ no account IS sim about the Morton House
Not few people, however, think that this centre Of
the theatrical world will In time be- removed 10 Mad
i,,~t 90 near twentieth st. several theatrical
agorcie, are in broadway above Madison square.
Twenty third 81. has already some prominent puilca
ton Offices cpnhc'th WIN tho H'AI" nu,n,n,'
and IL only needs second Morton House 10 Crystalline
House cafe has attracts, the presence ~ number OF
Professionals who find 1t convenient place at night
The little mldgcts Of the stage arc queer creatures
They grow up In house atmosphere that gives
them odd ideas and expressions In broadway the
other day ! met the well-knOwn dwarf photographer,
JET Falk accompanied by Baby Bcrkcly." Thcy
made an oddly assorted couple. Little ollie Bcrkcly
is onIy eight years Of age and began her stage life at
four years with Kate Claxton She had boon recently
10 a performance given at the Lyccum Thatrc as
benefit 10 another stage infant. Djou Fernandez and
her, expressions with reference to this performance
wero remarkable of the bit Of play In which the
little Fernandez girl appeared She said nat , !, WA,
Of tho acting shc responded that Biiou was always
:" Wild and weird"
with every speculative period great host of Wild
cat schemes comes TO the front. \ rcvOlutionizing
process has been going In the gold mining on the
Pacific coast consequent upon the Improvement oil
mining machinery and the profit with which low
grade ore may be worked. Spectators have
taken advantage Of this improvement to bring forward
al SORTS OF schemes In gold mining. / run across
these Spectators everywhere, In hotel corridors, In
lower Broadway and Wall Street at the exchanges,
in brokers' offices, In cheap downtown restaurants
where thoy are Obliged to take their meals untll they
Ta.lru .g..fu .fteyt hay IaNF
succeeded In "making a raise" As a rule, the mon
vho hiring forward such schemes have the spirit Of
poheuIa and can accommodate themselves to all cir
cunstanccs Not long ago two of them were talking
with reference to n scheme they had ON hand, which
serves TO Illustrate pretty well their general character
.n.Ir. .laILn ain